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sure of cane interwoven with wire, he bent the wire 

 asunder and squeezed himself through the hole, so 

 that the cage had to be made stronger. The creature 

 presented an absurd appearance dressed in a jacket 

 and breeches. When he desired any dainty that he 

 saw, he looked alternately at it and his keeper, and 

 protruded his lips like a snout. In drinking, this 

 animal took the vessel in his hand, brought the rim 

 to his lips, and then drank with an air of gravity, 

 I may here observe that when anthropoids drink in 

 this way, they generally take the vessel in one hand, 

 and support it with the back of the fingers of the 

 other. 



When the orang we have just described was dis- 

 appointed in his desire to obtain anything, he threw 

 himself on the ground, howling and screaming until 

 he got his own way. He sometimes had furious fits 

 of passion, in one of which he tried to destroy the 

 bars of his cage by hitting them with the stool. 

 As he did not succeed in this attempt, he gave vent 

 to his fury in a loud outcry, which only ceased on 

 the return of his keeper. 



An orang brought by Montgomery to Calcutta in 

 1827, was less phlegmatic than animals of this species 

 usually are. He played with those who carried him 

 when they stooped over him, caught them by the hair, 

 and so on. He tried to scour his tin vessel with a 

 cloth, throwing one end over his shoulder, as he had 

 seen the servants of the house do. He was particu- 

 larly fond of milk, tea, wine, and pandanos fruit. 

 He was very inquisitive, and tried everything that he 

 could reach, first with the fingers, then with the 



